Choking China: The struggle to clear Beijing's air
As pollution levels return to normal in China's capital after a record-breaking month of smog, what can be done to banish the smog?
New Scientist
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Climate maps offer hope of sanctuary
The future looks bleak for the tigers of Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangrove forest at the mouth of the Ganges river. Today some 400 of these impressive carnivores roam through the world's largest surviving mangrove ecosystem. By mid-century, global warming is likely to have starved the Sunderbans' tigers into oblivion.
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China's green journey
China may look like a carbon-guzzling monster, but there's a clean-tech superpower struggling to get out, says Changhua Wu.
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Rabies tragedy follows loss of India's vultures
A mass poisoning that killed millions of vultures may have indirectly claimed the lives of almost 50,000 people bitten by rabid feral dogs.
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Climate maps offer wildlife hope of sanctuary
A new way to predict how habitat zones will shift or vanish could help usher endangered species to safety.
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Is climate change causing an upsurge in US tornadoes?
There was a record number of tornadoes in the US in 2004, and this year unseasonally early tornadoes have wreaked havoc.
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How the humble potato could feed the world
Potato are cheaper, more nutritious and easier to grow than grain. But turning to the spud does not come without risks.
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Making formula milk more like mum's
Infant formula is a poor substitute for breast milk, but researchers want to add some of the missing ingredients that make a mother's milk so special.
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TV boom may boost greenhouse effect
AN INDUSTRIAL chemical being used in ever larger quantities to make flat-screen TVs may be making global warming worse. However, because it's not covered by the Kyoto protocol, nobody knows by how much. The gas was first introduced as a measure to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but a prominent atmospheric chemist this week warned it could now be having the opposite effect.
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How river engineering is tied to US floods
While environmentalists may blame climate change for the worst floods in the Midwest since 1993, dams and river straightening have a role too.
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High oil prices are an opportunity for change
A future based on oil is looking increasingly precarious